Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation to War by Steven M Gillon, 2011

This book focuses on the time immediately before and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and how President Roosevelt led America at the time.  Some of the events in the hours immediately after the attack are glossed over in most history books, but Gillon goes into greater detail about how the White House reacted.  Such simple things as dealing with the press corps, increasing the protection of the President, and even the construction of the now famous “Date which will live in infamy speech.

If you are looking for a military treatise on the tactics of the attack then this is not the book for you.  This is a solid political look at an unprecedented time in American history.  You get good background into the lives of the key figures, including FDR.  I recommend this book to anyone.

Keith L Greenawalt

Inn Plain Sight

Inn Plain Sight by Elizabeth Ludwig and Janelle Mowery, 2011

Someone in the Bed and Breakfast Inn has died.  Police keep all the people in the Inn until they have finished questioning everyone.  Casey, Monah, and Luke try to determine who has been killing and why they have been killing.

Claire

Shotgun Groom

Shotgun Groom by Ruth Nordin, 2011

April, her brother Sid, and baby Nora lived in a house since April’s husband died.  They are afraid when someone comes to harm them.  When Joel shoes up to check on Nora who is ill., Sid holds him hostage until he agrees to marry his sister.

Claire

A Chance in Time

A Chance in Time by Ruth Nordin, 2010

A year after her husband died Penelope decides to leave a one room cabin in the prairie to live in town.  On her way there she finds a man lying in the grass.  He is ill with fever and she takes him back to her cabin.  Read the book to see what happens next!

Claire

Prairie Rose

Prairie Rose by Catherine Palmer, 1997

Rosie was raised in an orphanage.  She founded out a man need a nanny to take care of his two children for six months.  She had a lot of problems with the man, named Seth, as to how she cared for his house and children.  It is a very exciting book to read!

Claire

A Harvest of Grace

A Harvest of Grace by Cindy Woodsmall, 2011

This is an Amish story about Cara.  She leaves the big city with her daughter to return to the Amish way of life and tries to find a relative only to find out she died.  Ephraim found Cara in his barn and others in the community found her stealing things.  He let her stay in his house while he stayed in his workshop and is shunned for it.  There is a surprise ending!

Claire

Hope of Refuge

Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall, 2009

Lena teaches at an Amish school.  Someone dies and Lena has a counselor visit.  Later, she finds a friend get help for his drinking.  Lena is scorned and loses her job.  A man who used to fight for her stops.  She falls in love with a man she can’t have.  This book has an amazing ending.

Claire